20-44 Funds and Personnel in Institutions of Higher Education for Research and Development (1998)

Field of Study

Number of Persons

 

 

 

Engaged in Research

Scientists

Expenditures

 

and Development

and

(10 000

 

(person)

Engineers

yuan)

Total

168760

161024

544524

Basic Sciences

138556

132589

521383

Natural Sciences

25180

24095

69344

Engineering

63809

61060

391558

Medical Science

37561

35944

35454

Agriculture

63809

11490

25027

Humanities and Social Sciences

30204

28435

23141

 

 

 

 

a) Number of persons engaged in research and development is calculated on the basis of full-time equivalent of the time spent on research and development activities during the year. Similarly in following tables.